Word.ws English Dictionary

bisphosphonate

bisphosphonate noun: any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom.

Noun

bisphosphonate (plural bisphosphonates)

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom.
  2. Any of several pharmaceuticals having this structure; they are inhibitors of bone resorption, used to treat several diseases including Paget's disease and osteoporosis.

Synonyms of bisphosphonate

Forms of bisphosphonate

pluralbisphosphonates

Origin of bisphosphonate

From bis- + phosphonate.

Words formed from bisphosphonate

Questions about bisphosphonate

What does bisphosphonate mean?
Bisphosphonate means any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom.
What part of speech is bisphosphonate?
Bisphosphonate is a noun.
What is the plural of bisphosphonate?
The plural of bisphosphonate is bisphosphonates.

Words near bisphosphonate in the dictionary

  1. bisphosphodimers
  2. bisphosphoglycerate
  3. bisphosphoglycerates
  4. bisphosphoinositide
  5. bisphosphoinositides
  6. bisphosphonate
  7. bisphosphonate osteochemonecrosis
  8. bisphosphonates
  9. bisphosphorylated
  10. bisphossy jaw
  11. bispinor

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bisphosphonate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “bisphosphonate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bisphosphonate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.